Upper-Intermediate Test
Level test · Upper-Intermediate · B2
At B2 English becomes a tool rather than a subject. Subtler structures and precise shades of meaning: sixteen questions will show whether you can hold that bar
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I ___ painting the room. Doesn't it look lovely?Correct: have finished The work has just been finished and the result matters now: it is ready. Hence have finished
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___ invented paper.Correct: The Chinese When we speak about the Chinese as a people, English says the Chinese
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I went to work ___ I was ill.Correct: even though After even though a whole clause follows, after despite a noun or an -ing form
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- I haven't finished yet.Correct: Neither have I. If someone says something negative and you want to agree, you say Neither have I
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My aunt, ___ doesn't like dogs, was given a puppy for Christmas.Correct: who Here we add extra information about a person between commas. That construction takes who
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The trial ___ at the moment.Correct: is being held The event is happening right now, and someone is running it. Hence is being held
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This time next week I ___ on the beach.Correct: 'll be lying We are talking about a particular moment in the future and picturing the action already in progress: I’ll be lying on the beach
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I ___ the article by Friday, so I'll email it to you then.Correct: 'll have finished By Friday means “it will be ready before Friday”. Hence will have finished
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If I ___ come back by 9:00, start dinner without me.Correct: haven't The meaning is “if I still haven’t come back by then”. Hence if I haven’t come back
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Carlos has lived in London for years. He ___ on the left.Correct: is used to driving The person is used to driving that way now. Hence is used to driving. Used to drive would mean he did it once but no longer does
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I wish the bus ___. I'm freezing!Correct: would come Here wish carries an impatient wish: “I wish it would just come”. For that we use would come
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Carl ___ participate even though he didn't want to.Correct: was made to Someone made the person do it. In this form make takes to: was made to participate
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They ___ us, it was too dark.Correct: can't have seen We are sure they could not have seen us. Hence can’t have seen
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We've gone the wrong way. We ___ left at the traffic lights.Correct: shouldn't have turned We have already turned and now see it was wrong: shouldn’t have turned
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I ___ you a present if I ___ it was your birthday. Sorry I didn't.Correct: would have bought ... 'd known A different past: he did not buy it because he did not know. Hence would have bought … if I’d known
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Yesterday he said, “I'm going to the party tomorrow.”Correct: He said he was going to the party the next day. We report words said earlier: what was tomorrow then becomes the next day
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